Wuhan bat lab linked to Covid pandemic carrying out 'ominous' new virus experiments... as a new coronavirus emerges

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Chinese scientists working at the lab some suspect may have started the Covid pandemic are planning new 'ominous' experiments, experts have warned.

Earlier this month researchers from the now famous Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) said they had found a new virus with striking similarities to Covid in bats.

Called HKU5-CoV-2 it already shows similar potential to infect human cells and is closely related to a known coronavirus that kills up to a third of people it infects.

Now independent experts say they are concerned that the WIV plans to conduct experiments on the new virus similar to those that may have sparked the Covid pandemic.

Dr Alina Chan, a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is one of those concerned about the new experiments on HKU5-CoV-2.

Commenting on the study announcing its discovery she told The Daily Telegraph: 'The paper ends on an ominous note - describing a set of future experiments similar to what might've led to the Covid-19 pandemic ... they're going to study the viruses' ability to cause disease in humanised mice.'

Dr Chan added that she was also concerned the WIV is not equipped to safely carry out this type of controversial research, especially in a city of over 8million people. 

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